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6 biotech companies making a difference in pediatric care
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News and Trends 20 Jul 2023
Mage Biologics created to develop oral antibody therapy for ulcerative colitis
TVM Capital Life Science and specialty pharma company Tillotts Pharma are to jointly invest up to $28 million in a newly formed U.S.-based biotechnology company, Mage Biologics Inc. TVM will invest with its TVM Life Science Innovation II SCSp (TVM LSI II) fund and will provide strategic advice to Mage Bio. Mage Bio is the […]
News and Trends 17 Jul 2023
Lilly boosts obesity portfolio with Versanis Bio acquisition
Eli Lilly and Company is set to acquire Versanis Bio in a deal that could be worth close to $2 billion. Versanis Bio is a private clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of new medicines for the treatment of cardiometabolic diseases. Versanis’ lead asset is bimagrumab, a monoclonal antibody that binds activin type II […]
News and Trends 27 Jun 2023
UCB myasthenia gravis drug given FDA approval
UCB has announced RYSTIGGO (rozanolixizumab-noli) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) in adult patients who are anti-acetylcholine receptor (AchR) or anti-muscle-specific tyrosine kinase (MuSK) antibody positive. Rozanolixizumab-noli injection for subcutaneous infusion is a humanized IgG4 monoclonal antibody that binds to the neonatal […]
News and Trends 1 Jun 2023
Sanofi drug reduces disease activity in relapsing MS
New data, being presented in a late-breaking session at the 2023 Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) annual meeting, demonstrate that frexalimab, Sanofi’s novel second-generation investigational anti-CD40L antibody, with a unique mechanism of action, significantly reduced disease activity in a phase 2 trial of patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS). Following 12 weeks of therapy, […]
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News and Trends 14 Apr 2023
TORL BioTherapeutics launches with $158M to target cancer
TORL BioTherapeutics LLC, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new biologics for cancer treatment, has announced its public launch and the closing of a $158 million Series B financing. TORL’s pipeline of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) were discovered in the laboratory of scientific co-founder Dennis Slamon, professor of medicine, and chief of […]
News and Trends 11 Apr 2023
Calida Therapeutics launches to tackle thrombo-inflammatory disorders
Calida Therapeutics, a preclinical stage biotech company specializing in thrombo-inflammatory disorders, has announced its incorporation in Paris, France. Calida Therapeutics has already raised €2 million ($2.17 million) in seed funding from venture capital company AdBio partners. The funds will be used to conduct additional in vivo proofs of concept and select a lead candidate. Calida […]
News and Trends 17 Mar 2023
Purple Biotech sees positive results from cancer study
Purple Biotech Ltd. has released new results from exploratory analyses conducted as part of a phase 1 dose escalation study that assessed the safety and tolerability of nivolumab and CM24, which is a monoclonal antibody. Purple Biotech is a clinical-stage company developing first-in-class therapies that harness the tumor microenvironment (TME) to overcome tumor immune evasion […]
News and Trends 14 Feb 2023
Disc Medicine raises $62.5M for hematology programs
Disc Medicine, Inc., a U.S. clinical-stage biopharma company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of treatments for patients suffering from serious hematologic diseases, has entered into a securities purchase agreement with investors resulting in an aggregate $62.5 million in gross proceeds through a registered direct offering. The financing was led by Bain Capital Life […]
News and Trends 10 Feb 2023
Janssen reports positive topline phase 2 HDFN results
The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson has announced positive topline results from the proof-of-concept phase 2 open-label UNITY clinical trial for the treatment of pregnant adults at high risk for severe hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN). HDFN is a serious and rare condition that can cause life-threatening anemia in the […]
News and Trends 27 Jan 2023
EMA accepts Marketing Authorization Application for lecanemab to treat early Alzheimer’s disease
BioArctic AB’s partner Eisai says the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted a marketing authorization application (MAA) for lecanemab. Lecanemab, known as LEQEMBI in the U.S., is an investigational anti-amyloid beta (Aβ) protofibril antibody, for the treatment of early Alzheimer’s disease (mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and mild AD dementia) with confirmed […]
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